Archaeologist Timeline: Processual Paradigm

  • Kent V. Flannery

    Kent V. Flannery
    His focus was in the Valley of Oaxaca Mexico, which investigated the origins of life in the village and social inequality. He also researched the evolution from hunting and gathering to farming and animal domestication.
  • Chap Kusimba

    Chap Kusimba
    Focus was in Africa and Kenya. Expert on the Swahili people. Falls under the processual paradigm because as questions about how their culture functions and the patterns of settlement in the region
  • Anna Prentiss

    Anna Prentiss
    Focused on the archaeology of villages and studied the socioeconomic changes, technological organization, and cultural evolution of these villages. Most know for her study of the 19th century village at Bridge River in British Columbia.
  • Saburo Sugiyama

    Saburo Sugiyama
    Most know for his research in Teotihuacan and at the Temple Mayor in Mexico City. He used the processual paradigm to explore their culture, social dimensions, ancient ideologies, and their evolving cognitive capacities.